#my canon warden btw

[hallaslin]

My Surana if u even care

[treatsformeeko]

This dialogue has always baffled me. It is locked behind a 30 cunning check, which I think may be impossible to reach without cheats at this early stage in the game (?) but its implications are INSANE. Entirely too long tirade below the cut:

How could the darkspawn possibly know the plan? Does it have anything to do with darkspawn showing greater signs of intelligence (re: the Architect, the Messenger)? Awakening was being written before DAO came out — was this meant to tie into that?

Many people online have discussed that it may be a remnant of abandoned plot threads that paint loghain as more of a mustache-twirling villain, working with the darkspawn (either willingly or perhaps under their influence?) to make sure the signal fire doesn’t get lit. David Gaider explained at length that the Ostagar plotline and the Cailan/Loghain conflict were subject to numerous rewrites. And while it is true that there is no further dialogue to suggest that Loghain was working with the darkspawn as this dialogue implies, my next question is what were his men doing in the tunnels underneath the Tower of Ishal?

Even before I had seen this exact line, in my first playthrough I operated under the assumption that Loghain had purposefully sabotaged the Tower in order to place blame on the Grey Wardens (an already easy scapegoat given their very recent return from exile) once he inevitably quit the field. I never once thought that his decision to retreat from Ostagar was made in the heat of the moment — after all, why would Howe already be making moves on Highever if he thought that Cailan would be alive after the battle to punish him for it? And if it were the case that Loghain planned for Cailan to die at Ostagar, why would he allow the signal fire to be lit on time and still quit the field knowing that some of his men would see this as betraying the King, regardless of how good he was at being a leader? Was it just a very happy accident that the darkspawn overwhelming the Tower and delaying made him look less villainous to his own army? Why would he leave this up to chance when so much of his plan before this seems to be so carefully crafted?

Frankly speaking, much of the deeper DAO lore seems to be happy accidents — constant rewrites and abandoned plot threads coming together to create a genuinely interesting story where the truth is not easily identified. And honestly, I think it benefited greatly from this! The truth is messy, especially when there are this many players vying for power in some way or another.

Personally, I’m of the mind that dev-lore comes secondary to what actually makes it into the game, even when the devs had better ideas than what we got. Which is why it is so fascinating that this line still exists in game and yet is nearly impossible to obtain! Why does it still exist? Why is it so hard to obtain? What implications does it have on the greater plot?

I don’t necessarily have an interesting conclusion beyond the fact that I am still in awe at the reactivity of this game that is objectively pretty clunky and ugly by today’s standards. I love Loghain as a villain in part because he is so human, and as much as I enjoy the sequels I really think that he is one of the best antagonists of the entire series. I find it really interesting that his reputation is not entirely shredded to pieces by Inquisition, as some Ostagar vets still sing his praises, which just further drives home the point that he has the capacity for good AND evil! I mean hell, the whole game is about making sacrifices for the greater good. Couldn’t you still argue that that was what Loghain was doing (or at least thought he was doing)?

All of this being an entirely too-long wind up to say: fuck you Quartermaster Threnn. I know what I saw.

[vigilskept]

“zevran fixed the crows” -> so we’re admitting veilguard has a canon worldstate then right?

[warden-melli]

Human form Mewtwo design I’m working on as part of my Melli goes to the future/pop idol au. More information about him/his story under the cut :3

In this universe, Giovanni’s DNA was combined with Mew to create Mewtwo. He was also raised alongside Silver as a sibling, being given the human name “Mercury”. Several years after Giovanni’s disappearance at the end of (an altered version) of the events of Gen 1/2, he now works as a scientist for the anti-Team Rocket organisation, Team V (short for Vee Vee, a commonly used nickname for the Pokémon Eevee), which is the same organisation that takes Melli in after he falls to the future.

M (as he prefers to be called) is tasked with investigating the cause behind the “falling phenomenon”, a mysterious event causing the sudden appearance of people/Pokémon from the past to randomly appear all across the globe. This is in addition to his regular duties working to advance Team V’s technology, with the goal of helping people/Pokémon, stopping what’s left of Team Rocket, and hopefully one day finding and bringing Giovanni to justice.

M is a Pokémon/human hybrid, and can switch forms at will. In public, he remains in his human form to avoid being recognised, as the existence of the “Mewtwo experiment/incident” became public knowledge after the fall of Team Rocket. Mewtwo is considered a known Team Rocket asset and a dangerous bioweapon. There is a bounty for Mewtwo’s capture across the globe. While his human persona has to live with the stigma of being Giovanni’s son, after an investigation finding no evidence that he was aware of or involved in any of the crimes committed by Giovanni/Team Rocket, he was legally cleared of any wrongdoing and was free to go. His true identity is a secret to anyone outside of elite Team V members, with even the most senior Team Rocket executives (outside of those directly involved in his creation) being unaware that Giovanni’s son Mercury and Mewtwo were the same person/Pokémon.

With the trauma of being created as a weapon, being manipulated and betrayed by his own father, vast periods of his childhood memories missing, and guilt for his actions in the past, M feels immense confusion about his very existence and place in the world. He hopes his work with Team V will help him to make peace with his creation, and to help atone for his involvement with Team Rocket.

M is nonbinary/agender, and is typically referred to by he/him pronouns/masculine terms, although he doesn’t have any personal preference in how he is gendered.

[an-asshole-catboi]

My Rook, a Grey Warden dwarf: If the Dreadwolf has a million haters I'm one of them. If the Dreadwolf has five haters I'm one of them. If the Dreadwolf has one hater that one is me. If the Dreadwolf has no haters, I am no longer alive.

[evenmorecrows]

haunted by the dynamic my brosca (gunnr) and alistair have. woman (19) whos only ever known a cruel world and violence and reaching for power wherever she could get it meets a guy she falls in love with and, through her actions influenced by her upbringing and world view pushes him and bends him into the shape she thinks he should want. like she kind of sort of ruins his life. and i think it takes a long time for her to realize that. to realize that not everyone desperately grasps at and yearns for power like a blade to protect themselves (and that its not always necessary for survival). not everyone is built(raised-beaten into-) to take and take and feel no, or little, remorse- not everyone learned that the world will not bestow upon you kindness and to therefore not show your belly to it in return. to realize that you have fundamentally changed the love of your life's life for the worse, permanently... damn. :[

[crows-of-buckets]

So like. Surely in veilguard there's going to be some mention of whether or not the hof found a cure to the calling yeah? But I really doubt bioware is going to make the calling 100% reversible or whatever. Anyways what if the hof ended up in one of those ghilnain pools and is now a creepy fucking overpowered monster. Theoretically. It would give them a pass out of curing the calling at least

[stop-breaking-my-heart-dragonage]

I may be laying on the floor staring into the void, merely vibrating as my brain rots about Veilguard, Rook, the companions, and Solas.

...this is the perfect excuse to replay my canon route.

Apologies in advance: I'm about to make my brainrot replay a problem for everyone and everything in my vicinity.

[pupkinpumpkin]

I would like to say thank you to Cullen for breaking the tradition of me romancing characters I actually don't want to romance bc I worry about their happiness and wellbeing if I don't

[peppermintgrim]

*blows a kiss to my computer* this one's for you, Aldith Sereda Wilhelmine Aeducan, kinslayer & kingmaker

[lampost-in-winter]

I do remember Trick Weekes confirming years ago that they left whether Solas and Lavellan had sex up to player insterpretation. Which was absolutely the right move btw (you avoid alienating and/or triggering a good chunk of the fanbase, makes the romance more ace-friendly, and it has spared us 10 years of fandom wars over whether Solas is an irredeemable rapist).

I personally really like the non-sex interpretation because (a) as an ace myself I like headcanoning my Inky as somewhere in the ace spectrum and thus not in a hurry to taint her warden; and (b) consent is canonically a big thing for Solas ("is not abuse if I ask for it" "not always true" and so on), and him drawing a hard line on not sleeping with Lavellan until she knows he’s Fen'harel makes him 200% hotter to me, specifically. And also, like, the yearning of it all.

But you guys do you.

[nursehella]

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY TOADAY - and this is a present from last year! SCREEEE!!! This is a drawing of ME and The Warden on a date, by hubs longtime pal Corey Barnes @poopreblogblog that they did for me after years of patiently waiting like the good little simp I am! Also prolly cuz hubs did some freelance work for them on software and sound for one of their animated shorts (which was ropeadope btw, Corey <3). Corey worked boards and character layout for SJ S3 (eps 1 - 5) so it's as CLOSE TO CANON AS YOU CAN PROLLY GET AHAHAHAAHAAA HOES MADDDDD!!!!! (^_^;;;)

(Corey also has done a ton of amazing work in animation... and usually busy af so I really appreciate it! Also dude, totally come up to visit us - we might not be getting down to LA anytime soon (sigh) but anytime yr feelin' it, the spare room (and my crepes =3) are good to go!!

It actually took me a couple months to actually LOOK at it instead of just freaking and fangirling like a twat from a glance - now I can bask in it all proper! - So I'm sharing, since my bday's rolled around again... TA-DA here's me and MAH WARDEN WAIFU FUCKING YASSSS, drawn all official for me. mmm.. Look how he's gazing at me like a smarmy lecher and I'm... fangirling like the simp I am. SO ON POINT! EEEEK! <3 <3 <3

[gel-cubes]

Jayvik RP Request

ok this could be a long shot but im gonna try it out anyway!

i have critical brain worms.

im looking for folks into a jayvik rp

i am 25 so i would prefer 20+

i am in the EST timezone

i work fulltime but will try to get one reply done a day bare minimum. if we're both active i do enjoy knocking a few replies out at a time

my casual typing style might be a lil scary if you like lit style like me, i am happy to share samples of my writing to soothe your anxiety that i dont know how to use punctuation or how to capitalize letters lmao

would also prefer to rp over discord but we can figure somethin out if that doesnt work. if we do discord i can make a server for us

i do prefer to play Jayce, i can do Vik if needed but im much stronger playing Jayce

love ooc discussion!! i love to continually work on the plot and generate plans and ideas together on progressing forward. also fine with periods without much ooc discussion.

i only do lit style rp, 3 to 5 paragraphs on average. can be less depending on the scene but that tends to be the usual, though i am more often known to get carried away with my replies than to be short.

i do prefer smut not be the goal of an rp but i absolutely do enjoy it. love a slow burn tho for sure. this ties into the 20+ only tho.

PLEASE do not use AI to generate replies i beg

i would LOVE

anthro/furry jayvik (maybe basic but i would adore dog anthro Jayce and cat anthro Viktor pls pls pls pls)

abo (again basic but its a classic and im a sucker for tropes i enjoy)

literally not a plot but need to include i love trans jayvik. trans jayce, trans viktor, idc i love them.

contract marriage (love a fantasy setting for this, magic and dragons and potions hehe but im a sucker for the old "i have no control over my life, only who i may possibly marry, i promise to never love you" trope. again doesnt have to specifically be this, def could manifest in a diff way but contract marriages are so fun for a lil angst)

Dragon Age rp (blood mage Viktor? blood mage Jayce? champion of kirkwall Jayce? Templar Jayce? Inquisitor Jayce or Viktor? Warden Jayce and/or Viktor? Qunari Jayce. listen the possibilities are endless and i am so so open to ideas if you are into DA au but not these ideas)

Also would be into!!

now i am not typically a modern au fan... but a roommate au could be cute. just throwin it out there. maybe they adopt some cats

swinging back to the fantasy au... bc i am a fantasy slut... lotta room here to play. apothecary Viktor x knight Jayce? blacksmith Jayce. dragon slayer Jayce. could also do diff fantasy crossover aus. like im not super knowledgeable on lotr but if ur patient w me we could do that. i also love the Harper Hall Trilogy by Anne McCaffrey and the Books of Pellinor by Alison Croggon, aus based off those would be so fun.

skyrim au? anyone? elder scrolls in general?

post canon cottagecore. maybe they adopt some cats

Zaunite Viktor? like where he stays in Zaun. Zaunite Jayce? love those fics where they coparent the Zaun kids and specialize in making/repairing/maintaining prosthetics and assistive equipment and tools for the people of Zaun

howls moving castle au. Viktor as Howl. Jayce as Sophie. Blitzcrank as Turnip Head or Calcifer

vampires... vampire husbands... vampire x werewolf?

red dead au... cowboys au.... yknow i also just read that fanfic, The Hat Rule by lukewarmoatmeal. what a fucking masterpiece that is btw go read immediately. but yeah no horses, cowboys, i would like to stay away from brokeback mountain levels of angst if you please but yea

also i realise i made this focusing on jayvik but... if theres anyone wanting to rp hammerhound... my dms are open

im happy to do crossover aus of fandoms im less familiar with (some exceptions may apply, i'll let you know if its a fandom or plot idea im not comfy with). just make sure to lmk if i miss any details or get anything wrong, i will happily correct and keep in mind going forward. i do try to research on my own but it does help if you point me in the direction of what you would like me to focus on.

anyways feel free to pm if this is of any interest! i am very open to ideas as well so feel free to share your particular brainworms if you have any.

[pumpkinlass]

@beepoven

Thank you so much ???? This is crazy kind to say !! 😭😭 I read all my tags btw!! ; w ; Even the pieces that get into the 1000's, even when I'm not active or feel up to typing/being social.

I originally created Mahariel solely because I'd never romanced Morrigan on a save before and was blind-sided by just how engaging and meaningful their story ended up playing out. I actually fell so head over heels, that Mahariel is now the canon warden of my main playthrough 😂

BUT YOU ARE JUST SO RIGHT !!! The ties to all the other aspects of canon are just SUCH fun.

Dad!Mahariel + Morrigan raising an elf-blooded Kieran while traveling between worlds as a little family ?? Just the three of them all alone (for a time) in the crossroads, engaging with the Eluvian's and the ancient Elven world that's all around them. The years they spent there ?? Translating, dreaming, meditating, living.

I think about Merrill fixing the mirror that infected Mahariel in the first place, and how he would have recognized it in the crossroads. Or Kieran, with his old god soul, recognizing his father's blood (and Tamlen and Merrill's) all wrapped up in that Eluvian.

I have a tons of thoughts about them, but this post would get so long LMAO. I'm just so excited to see your excitement about all the different implications as well !!!

[scatterbrainedart]

Emperors in princess dresses, lineup ! And a false surprise

Links to all the individual posts:

Sausage, Jimmy, Pix, Scott, Oli, Katherine, Lizzie, Shelby, Joel, Gem, Joey and Fwhip.

What was that? Canonical- It’s not “canonical heights”? Alright alright.

There you go. Happy? I hope so. As for Lizzie? Well. She has about as much of a canonical height and size as Jesus Christ. Is she the size of a regular cat? Is she the size of a warden? Who knows.

Hm. Yknow, looking at all this, it feels kinda strange. See, I drew everyone who attended the princess tea party, which was everyone. Everyone except FalseSymmetry. And I mean. Sure. She didn’t attend, didn’t wear a dress, I don’t have to draw her. There’s no reason why I should. She doesn’t even HAVE a dress for me to draw.

But still. I can’t just draw the ENITRE crew and leave a single player out. That feels strange. So! I’ve taken the freedom to design her a whole dress from scratch myself. Because it’s what she deserves!

(This is my favourite out of all of them btw. Man, I am so much better at drawing when I give myself more than a single day to work on it)

[sepublic]

From Pilot to Canon, Luz and Eda

With my belief that No Tree Left Behind was boarded as part of the pilot continuity (hence Lilith's depiction), I want to bring up that I think there's kind of a subtle difference between Luz in that episode, or 'Pilot Luz', and Canon Luz as we got in the actual animated show.

With Canon Luz, she's a more brash, confident individual, who can get in over her head; King mentions that she smells of overconfidence, plus there's Luz recklessly getting into stuff like in Covention or Enchanting Grom Fright in the heat of the moment. She has this overwhelming energy and enthusiasm that's unstoppable, but as a result she can sometimes forget about the people around her, hence Wing it like Witches.

And a lot of that has to do with Luz's relationship with The Good Witch Azura in canon, because it means that the Boiling Isles is her fantasy!!! It's her chance, it's her adventure, it's what Manny would push her to go for! So she gives it her all. And in the latter half of the show, Luz's willingness to go at any cost, even to her own detriment, borders on self-sacrifice. In a way she's secretly atoning for her own existence, it's like... 'Socially acceptable' self-harm by risking herself.

So there's a difference in Pilot Luz during NTLB, who is much more averse to the martyr idea; She's a lot more scared and reluctant to fight for Arborgeist, and in a moment of crisis admits she doesn't quite get what Eda is so worked up about. And this makes me think of how the in the pilot continuity, there isn't that same relationship with Azura; The pitch bible reveals we would've had an episode where it's revealed to be written by an ex of Eda's about her, so you can guess that Luz drops it afterwards.

And as the pilot even shows us, Luz didn't choose to be in the Boiling Isles! And in lieu of my latest reblog, that feels relevant because Dana mentioned how in the final show, Luz choosing that was so incredibly important; It was a foundational change to the character's storyline. Luz wants to be here, she wants to risk it, this is the adventure and if she gets bruised up, it's okay. Us weirdoes have to stick together, she declares passionately as she rallies a bunch of strangers against Warden Wrath in the first episode. She becomes in canon the kind of passionate, righteous person who will talk your ear off about a thing and she's right about it.

So looking at the difference between first episodes, it tracks that Pilot Luz is much more reluctant and just trying to survive, hence her not 'getting' Arborgeist, in the sense that she doesn't see what's worth potentially dying over. Whereas with Canon Luz, I think she'd be more than willing to deep dive into this culture and play the hero, she's a social activist.

This isn't to trash on Pilot Luz btw, nor canon Luz; I just find it fascinating to consider how her character has changed and developed, how the story has, and how the difference in first episodes alludes to this. First episodes are very important, they can establish a lot of the core themes and ideas and Dana herself confirmed the significance of certain differences from the initial pilot. So it's fascinating seeing that difference in action, shown to us, rather than having to be told, since normally we couldn't watch the pilot storyboards to see for ourselves. Pilot Luz and Canon Luz are different characters with different flaws and circumstances, and they're both beautiful in their own ways for it.

I'd even argue that in a canon episode like WilW, Luz ends up playing the role Eda has in NTLB! And her stepping down after realizing she (might) hurt a loved one who was dragged into this, only for them to understand how much they care and come back to help for that reason... The story beats live on. Canon Luz would probably be thrilled to see Pilot Eda show so much care about something when she normally doesn't; Whereas Canon Eda becomes more of a practical guardian who's reining her kid in out of experience, because she's been hurt herself and is worried, and a tad pessimistic.

It's like the dynamics between Luz and Eda reversed from pilot to canon, with a scared and reluctant kid and her mentor who can push her too much sometimes; And now it's this overconfident, excited kid who wants to try everything and thinks she's invincible, with her jaded mentor who's a realist but also she cares more than you realize and wants to provide a safety net, being surprisingly thoughtful at times.

It makes sense, because again going back to my last reblog, Luz being more enthusiastic about the isles was to also help her foil other characters better, including Eda, and vice-versa. So it's possible Eda was changed to lean more into her pragmatic mentor role -Not that she doesn't still have her irresponsible, reckless moments- while bouncing off of Luz's new enthusiasm, which can lead to conflict like Luz wanting to try the newest magic and Eda not being in the mood, which leads to Luz being a bit reckless (take for example The Intruder).

Eda being more tired and jaded could also tie to the development of her curse as a disability that exhausts her, since in the pilot continuity the curse only made her age more; In canon, it does that AND messes with her magic stores, which leads to more exhaustion! In addition to becoming a beast. And with Eda becoming disillusioned with the isles due to her traumatic experiences, Luz acts as the light in her life to reignite her passion, which leads to Eda taking a more proactive role against Belos in S2!

She believes in her efficacy more because of how Luz changes the isles because of Eda, which makes Eda become more of an agent for social change as she starts to believe she can make a difference again, just as she did as a teen in IFWOT. Maybe Eda's curse isn't something to feel shame over anymore, maybe she shouldn't let it stop her from rallying everyone...!

Thus, there's not just a difference between Pilot and Canon Luz, but also Pilot and Canon Eda in NWLB. Though I imagine Canon Eda would still help to defend the Arborgeist tree, I'm not as sure about her confidence in attempting to rally others to do the same; She's got that loner vibe who assumes she has to do everything on her own because her own family and lover wouldn't support Eda in her defiance to the coven... But now she does have support in Luz. And King. And some of those loved ones are turning around too, no thanks to Luz's arrival inspiring some!

All this helps culminate in the S1 finale with Eda being used as a rallying cry against Belos, signaling the beginning of the end for his regime as she inspires not just a kid like Luz but other youths like Gus and Willow, and even helps chaperone Grom after avoiding Hexside for years; Eda’s really starting to believe again and she admits that Luz has gotten into her head as the cause.